diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d583b0..33481a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 0.2.18dev
+
 ## 0.2.17 (2023-12-05)
 
 * [Feature] Show link to sign up to Ploomber Cloud when loading telemetry
diff --git a/src/ploomber_core/__init__.py b/src/ploomber_core/__init__.py
index aa0be21..1a6273d 100644
--- a/src/ploomber_core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ploomber_core/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.17"
+__version__ = "0.2.18dev"